06 March, 2026
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Interfaith Group Addresses Council on โ€œDue Processโ€ Rights forย Immigrants

Clergy and members of the New Britain Area Interfaith Conference (NewBAIC) attended the July 9th New Britain Common Council meeting to share their concerns about the Trump administrationโ€™s treatment of immigrants and actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that are not in accordance with โ€œdue process under the law.โ€ Rev. Dr. Jonathon D. Counts, […]

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33rd Annual Osgood Shootout Benefit Basketball Tournament Planned

Widely honored Coach Darwin Shaw announced in June that, “New Englandโ€™s biggest and best single elimination tournament, The Osgood Shootout will be celebrating year 33.” “I am proud to announce that with the help of Byron Jones once again,” said Coach Shaw, “the tradition will continue. The tournament has provided 111 scholarships over the years.” […]

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Mayor Stewart’s 2025 Annual Message: Mayor Stewart Comes Up Short Again: Presentation #37.

All of our recent flooding updates and narratives with photos, video interviews, documents, etc. are published on-line in theย New Britain Progressiveโ€™s โ€œFlooding Seriesโ€. Listen to and view our City Council Presentations on the City Web-Siteโ€ฆ Go to newbritainct.gov. Click on government, common council, videos. In December 2023, Mayor Stewart advised us to feel free to […]

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End MAGA Next Year With Necessary Small-D Democratic Reforms

By Tim O’Brien The Trumpster Republicans’ greedy money-grab big bill that takes health care from millions of people to hand vast riches to the already wealthy, among other harms, is only the latest in a string of acts of the bigoted, fascist, militaristic, greedy, corrupt, Project 2025, MAGA administration under the rule of President Donald […]

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New Britain Public Library Hosts Program on the Great Red Sox-Yankees Rivalry

The New Britain Public Library is featuring, “Red Sox-Yankees: The Greatest Rivalry in Sports,” saying, “This fun program hosted by award-winning sportswriter, baseball beat writer and book author Marty Gitlin.” The Library says that the program, highlighting, “the most intense rivalry in American sports – maybe the world,” is to feature, “videos of the biggest […]